Healthcare Costs Across Diabetic Kidney Disease Stages: A Veterans Affairs Study.

Background: In the United States, diabetic kidney disease (DKD) affects about one-third of individuals with type 2 diabetes, causing significant economic burdens on the health care system and affecting patients' quality of life.

Objective: The aim of the study was to quantify the burden of care in patients at different stages of DKD and to monitor shifts in healthcare costs throughout these stages.

Methods: This study used data from the Veterans Affairs National database, focusing on US veterans diagnosed with DKD between January 2016 and March 2022.

Epidemiology of Diabetic Kidney Disease among US Veterans.

Rationale: With a large number of patients and high mortality, diabetic kidney disease (DKD) imposes a significant burden on US health care. Although diabetes is the leading cause of chronic kidney disease and complications, the epidemiology of DKD in the contemporary US veteran population is generally unknown.

Objective: We aimed to estimate the rate of DKD progression and to measure the general epidemiology of DKD in the United States veteran population.

Building an Equity-Centered Ecosystem: University of Utah Health as a Microcosm.

Academic medicine, and medicine in general, are less diverse than the general patient population. Family Medicine, while still lagging behind the general population, has the most diversity in leadership and in the specialty in general, and continues to lead in this effort, with 16.7% of chairs identifying as underrepresented in medicine.

Academic achievement after a CT examination toward the head in childhood: Follow up of a randomized controlled trial.

Introduction: Increasing use of CT examinations has led to concerns of possible negative cognitive effects for children. The objective of this study is to examine if the ionizing radiation dose from a CT head scan at the age of 6-16 years affects academic performance and high school eligibility at the end of compulsory school.

Materials And Methods: A total of 832 children, 535 boys and 297 girls, from a previous trial where CT head scan was randomized on patients presenting with mild traumatic brain injury, were followed.

Education Standards for Pharmacists Providing Comprehensive Medication Management in Outpatient Nephrology Settings.

Chronic kidney disease is a public health problem that has generated renewed interest due to poor patient outcomes and high cost. The Advancing American Kidney Health initiative aimed to transform kidney care with goals of decreasing the incidence of kidney failure and increasing the number of patients receiving home dialysis or a kidney transplant. New value-based models of kidney care that specify inclusion of pharmacists as part of the kidney care team were developed to help achieve these goals.